Chapter 314

Chapter 100 Impending Storm

Conversation? Important matters to discuss?

“What important matter?”

Margaret’s tone carried a hint of impatience.

“This…” The cavalry exchanged glances for a moment, and finally, the person who spoke earlier continued, “We soldiers wouldn’t understand Lord Count’s thoughts, but he repeatedly instructed us to invite Her Excellency the Holy Maiden to camp for a discussion if we see her. It must be very important. Please accompany us, Her Excellency. You will know once you arrive.”

“I don’t have the time. Move aside.”

“Her Excellency, please take this seriously. This truly involves the safety of the million citizens in the royal city…”

The cavalry still paced back and forth five or six meters away, showing no intention of moving. Their low conversation was heard clearly by me.

“She’s going to leave… We can’t stop her…”

“Go report… Quickly go report…”

Immediately afterward, two people on the side turned their mounts and galloped toward the camp, while the others quickly dispersed, hooves stirring up dust. About ten people blocked the front and both sides.

“What are you doing!”

I wasn’t particularly interested in dealing with them, but anger welled up in my heart at that moment.

“Do you want to die?!”

“Please forgive us, Sister.”

That person continued shouting at me, mistaking me for a nun because of my attire.

“We’ve already sent someone to inform Lord Count. Please wait a moment, Her Excellency. He will come personally—”

“I said I don’t have the time!”

Margaret shouted angrily, interrupting the cavalryman. She slightly raised her right hand, and faint golden light bloomed beside me.

“Move aside!”

The unicorn beneath us neighed loudly, its body swaying again. My heart skipped a beat, and I quickly grabbed Margaret’s clothes at her waist.

I could hear slight commotion among the knights.

“Her Excellency, you are the favorite of the divine, your status is incomparable. Your benevolence is known throughout the world. You surely understand our predicament, and you wouldn’t make things difficult for us, right?”

“Huh—”

Margaret let out a long breath.

That person continued talking incessantly, his voice gradually rising: “You are the great Holy Princess. Getting physical with us would disgrace you and be unworthy. Please forgive our actions; it’s just a little delay, not too long…”

The golden light in the Holy Princess’s hands flickered momentarily before dimming.

“You—”

Margaret seemed exhausted, as if she still wanted to negotiate further.

But I couldn’t wait any longer.

This is so annoying…

A faint cracking sound came from my side.

Whoosh—

Next moment, sharp ice spikes tore through the air, shooting toward the ground not far ahead of the cavalry at an almost invisible speed, deeply embedding themselves into the soil. The unicorns reared back, raising their front hooves in fright.

A wisp of cold air rose from the exposed ends of the ice spikes, frosting the grass within half a meter.

“She can’t attack, but I can.”

I looked at the stunned cavalryman, blue light blooming again in my palm.

It’s really… so annoying…

Crack, crack.

White mist swirled and converged in the air, forming several ice spikes five to six meters above the cavalrymen, their tips pointing downward.

“Get lost!”

“Cough…”

My throat hurt from yelling…

But it worked. The cavalry immediately panicked, scrambling to get out of the range covered by the ice spikes. The path ahead was now clear. I patted Margaret’s back and held her tightly.

“Let’s go.”

Margaret didn’t need me to say more. She gave a soft command, and the unicorn shot through the gap between the cavalrymen.

“Frost’s order force, she…”

“Her Excellency!”

“That’s just to scare us! She’s from the Holy Church, she won’t really attack us. Chase after them!”

“Don’t draw your swords!”

Confused voices and the sound of beasts’ screams mixed with the thunderous sound of hooves echoing behind us.

“Quickly! Surround them from the sides and intercept them!”

Damn it…

Just as I was about to activate the frost order to create an ice wall, I heard someone gritting their teeth and whispering, “Absolutely no problems… Don’t let them enter the city…”

“The queen has fallen… We’re about to win…”

These muttered words were almost drowned out by the chaotic sounds of hooves, but I heard them clearly.

My arm in mid-air froze abruptly.

What…

I suddenly turned around, “What did you say!”

Are you kidding…

The queen has just fallen!

There are nearly twenty thousand garrison troops in the city. Victoria is so strong. How can they win just because she falls… How long have I been gone!

“Queen, what happened—”

Why won’t they let us contact Victoria… Margaret won’t participate in the war. If they think I’m a nun… What other reason… Could it really be…

My thoughts raced.

Victoria’s icy, peerless face flashed through my mind.

“What happened to her!”

In an instant, shock, anger, panic, disbelief… Complex emotions exploded in my heart, clouding my mind.

I jumped off the beast, landing with a thud on the ground, rolling far away amidst the dust, then quickly getting up.

“Hildegard—”

Margaret was calling out loud, but I ignored her. I took off the captain’s saber strapped to my back, gripping it tightly and swinging it down with a sharp “click-click” sound as the gears turned. A two-meter-long black weapon instantly formed, and I swung the blade forward.

The cavalryman from Fang Chong swept his weapon.

Clang!

A cold gleam flashed by, the sharp blade whistled as it cut through the air. The two front hooves of the horned beast flew out from the left front, and the massive creature let out a pained roar, its huge body collapsing to the ground.

At the same time, I stepped forward, sidestepping the rolling beast’s body that crashed towards me. I bent my knees and leaped, grabbing the cavalryman who had been flung into the air by the giant creature, and held his helmet with my other hand. Using the force of the fall, I slammed him hard onto the ground.

Bang!

Dirt and grass shards splattered on my face.

“Speak!”

Ignoring his violent coughing and flushed face, I tightened my fist and punched him in the chest.

Clang!

The armor produced by the central workshop was as solid as a rock. This punch made my arm tingle, and the armor on the cavalryman’s chest cracked inch by inch. The cavalryman’s face twisted in pain, spitting out blood before I removed his helmet.

The other cavalrymen who had run ahead turned around and surrounded me. I ignored them and grabbed his armor by the neck, lifting him from the ground.

“Victoria! What happened to her!” I roared loudly in anger.

“Cough, cough… spit!”

The cavalryman kept coughing, a sinister smile on his face. Suddenly, he spat blood at me. Of course, I wasn’t tricked by such a cheap move; I turned my head easily, dodging it, and my anger grew even more intense.

“You…”

“Have the guts… kill me!”

The cavalryman stared with bloodshot eyes, suddenly becoming fierce. His voice hoarse, he screamed at me, “Nuns killing soldiers… interesting… hahaha, come on!”

I also smiled at him.

“I’m not a nun.”

The fist broke through the wind, striking straight for his face.

“Silvija!”

Thud!

This punch hit his nose bridge, nearly caving in his face. His nasal bones shattered, tears and blood gushed down his face, his body stiffened, and his eyes rolled up.

“Let him go—”

“Your Holiness! You violated the canon!”

“Is the Holy Church so unreasonable and tyrannical? How could such a barbaric person enter the ranks of Your Holiness!”

“I said—”

I threw the unconscious cavalryman aside. Wiping my bloody fist on the loose habit, I looked up at the cavalrymen circling me on their beasts.

“I’m not a nun at all!”

In the next moment, frost-white mist burst from beneath my feet, spreading rapidly outward.

Since they insisted on chasing me…

Then none of you will leave!

“Ahhh—”

“Ugh…”

“Huhuhu…”

Those cavalrymen were blown off their beasts by the icy airstream. White frost instantly covered their armor, eyebrows, and hair. They fell together with the horned beasts, limbs stiff, unable to get up, letting out terrified screams.

I held back this time.

The freezing temperature had already reached its peak; otherwise, they would have turned into ice statues in an instant.

I took a step toward one of them.

“Now, can we speak properly?”

“Miss Silvija, stop!”

Margaret finally turned back and shouted at me from outside the frost mist: “What’s wrong with you!”

“You’re about to kill them!”

So what…

They are just a bunch of bastards…

In the next moment, golden light rained from the sky.

What!

Almost instinctively, I immediately took a moon step, my figure flashing out of the frost mist, retreating over twenty meters away. Then, I widened my eyes, looking at Margaret incredulously.

She wanted to attack me…

I immediately understood that I had misunderstood.

That golden light dispersed the frost mist, green dots of light danced in the halo, quickly flowing towards the fallen cavalrymen and horned beasts.

It was a divine miracle of healing…

“Why save them…”

They were the ones who wanted to harm Victoria…

Margaret rode her white horned beast and stopped not far in front of me. She shouted, “Forget those people, get up here!”

“But—”

“We need to return to the city immediately, don’t waste any more time!”

…That makes sense.

I turned my head and glanced at the cavalrymen who couldn’t get up for a while.

Fighting with them was pointless. Victoria wasn’t here, I needed to return to the royal city immediately…

Thinking of this, I suppressed the anger still lingering in my heart and ran towards Margaret with Captain Gray.

“Let’s go!”

After mounting the beast, I held Captain Gray by my side and urged her impatiently.

Margaret didn’t say a word, but she squeezed the beast tightly, and the horned beast raced northward toward the city walls at top speed.

I grabbed her clothes, feeling increasingly uneasy, my heart pounding violently.

I hope everything is fine…

It must be fine…

“…Why attack?”

After a while, I faintly heard Margaret asking me something, regaining some composure: “Hm?”

“Why did you attack them?”

She repeated the question again, her voice sounding somewhat distant: “Facing those knights of the church who helped Nero, you managed to hold back… why attack them now?”

“What’s wrong with you…”

What’s wrong with me?

They hurt Victoria…

“There might be something wrong in the city.”

“Are you worried about Her Majesty?”

I gently shook my head.

“She… will be fine.”

Not long after, the towering city walls came into view.

We stopped at the side gate of the northern wall. It was unusually quiet here, the gates were closed, and there was no sign of anyone on guard. Margaret looked up and shouted loudly at the wallhead, “Holy Lady Margarete has urgent matters to attend to in the city, please open the gate!”

After waiting for a moment, no one responded.

My heart gradually sank.